29 July 2011 McLain Ward and Pjotter Van De Zonnehoeve won the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. Photo By: Rebecca Walton/PMG. It was a late night at the Kentucky Horse Park as riders gathered at the Rolex Stadium to compete in the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic at the Kentucky Summer [...]

29 July 2011 Gary Parsonage secured a significant win in Thursday’s Amlin Plus Eventing Grand Prix at Hickstead, becoming the only rider to win the class four times. Having won the second ever Eventing Grand Prix at Hickstead back in 1999 on Just So I, Gary then had back-to-back wins in 2008 and 2009 on [...]

29 July 2011 Eventing stars from all over the world for the last FEI World Cup leg in Le Pin! Todd, Burton, Johnstone, Fredericks, Baldwin… remind all these names that will do the show at “Le Grand Complet” in Le Pin, France, from 17 to 21 August. They will be top billing of the event [...]

4 Int. Jumping Competition CSI3* 1,35m against the clock Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Pacific Beach H C Pasmore Catherine USA 0.00 51.85 2. Onisha Kessler Reed USA 0.00 55.42 3. Pablo De Virton Philips Ignace BEL 0.00 55.55 4. Winston Prudent Adam FRA 0.00 57.01 5. Classic 28 Gisler Claudia SUI 0.00 57.65 [...]

28.07.2011 01 Int. Jumping Competition 1,30m CSI3* not against the clock for 6 year old horses Pl. Horse Rider Faults 1. Rick D’Ick Goffinet Laurent FRA 0.00 1. Amareusa S Debany Alice USA 0.00 1. Firestone S Al Marri Abdulla Ghanim UAE 0.00 1. Redley Kerfontaine Gaillot Yannick FRA 0.00 1. Fantura F Naessens Benny [...]

28 July 2011 The granddaughter of HM Queen Elizabeth II, Zara Phillips, will marry her fiancé Mike Tindall the coming Saturday. The Eventing World Champion 2006 and the English rugby-player will tie the knot in Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh (Scotland). As could be read in the British press, HM The Queen will give a reception at [...]

28 July 2011 Last week the four-legged partner of German eventer Dirk Schrade had to be humanly put down, as he sustained a severe colic attack and had a hole in the large intestine. The 17-year-old Anglo-Arabian gelding had been brought to the veterinary hospital in Telgte, Germany immediately. During the surgery the doctors diagnosed [...]

28 July 2011 The European Pony Championships from 26 to 31 July 2011 are held at the Jaszkowo Equestrian Centre in Jaszkowo, Poland. As already reported on horseweb.de, the horses and riders arrived on Monday and spent the Tuesday with vet checks, measuring of the ponies as well as chef d’equipe meetings. By clicking the [...]

28 July 2011 Region 5 Took the Gold medal in the Young Rider competition. Photo by SusanJStickle.com. Temperatures soared, but dressage competitors managed to keep their cool as the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North kicked off today at the Kentucky Horse Park. This is the third year [...]

28 July 2011 It was beautiful and sunny for the opening day of the Kentucky Summer Horse Shows at the Kentucky Horse Park. Today, riders gathered at the Walnut Ring to compete for top prizes in the Open Jumper classes. Ashlee Bond and Chivas Z were the big winners, claiming the victory in the 1.40m [...]

28 July 2011 Dutch chef d’équipe showjumping Rob Ehrens has chosen for a new team for the nations cup in Hickstead (Great Britain). He will go with Piet Raijmakers jr. with Rascin, Leon Thijssen with Tyson, Wout-Jan van der Schans with Seoul and Gert-Jan Bruggink with Primeval Wings. The Netherlands has won the nations cup [...]

28 July 2011 The FEI Nations Cup™ of Great Britain on Friday 29 July forms one of the highlights of the Longines Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead, and it is set to form a crucial stage in our preparations for London 2012. The British riders who have been selected to represent their country at this home [...]

28 July 2011 Next weekend there is a World Dressage Masters show on Hickstead’s schedule in Great Britain. For the Dutch riders this is an important show as chef d’équipe Sjef Janssen will name his team after this competition. ‘I would like to see the combinations one more time in the ring. In Hickstead will [...]

28 July 2011 Olympic fever is ramping up as yesterday marked the one-year countdown to the London 2012 Olympic Games and 100 years of equestrian sport in the Olympic movement. The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on 27 July will be followed by 12 days of equestrian competition in Greenwich Park, where the world’s [...]

28 July 2011 The All England Jumping Course at Hickstead is known for showcasing the best in equestrian action, and now it’s set to become a top-class entertainment venue too with a series of concerts and live events planned for 2012. Holding live music events at sporting grounds and racecourses has proved a hugely successful [...]

28 July 2011 More Than Half of Grants Given to USEF To Support Equine Health Research and Youth Every year USA Equestrian Trust provides grants to equine non-profits.  This year a total of $198,822 was awarded to 10 projects.  More than 61 percent of 2011 grant funds went to the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) [...]

28 July 2011 Beginning July 29, three days of show jumping with the world’s top riders, to remember Vincenzo Muccioli and his commitment to fighting drugs, social exclusion and selfishness. The fifteenth annual San Patrignano 5*CSI starts this Friday. This is not only one of the world’s most prestigious show jumping events, but also unique [...]

27 July 2011 Jump Canada has announced the show jumping athletes that will represent Canada at the 2011 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championship.  Presented by Gotham North, these Championships will be held July 27–31 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY.  Team and individual honours will be awarded in two [...]

27 July 2011 Yesterday, the Italian junior team claimed victory at the European Reining Championship in Wiener Neustadt (Austria). The silver medal was won by Germany and the Dutch juniors won bronze. The national anthem of Italy was played again yesterday, as Italy also became team European champions with 662.5 points followed by Germany (silver [...]

27 July 2011 The Longines Royal International Horse Show started yesterday with several national competitions. On Friday, the sixth leg of the FEI Nations Cup will commence. After five legs the Dutch team is leading, followed by Ireland and Germany. Last year’s winner of the Hickstead Nations Cup, the British team, is presently ranking fourth. [...]

27 July 2011 It’s “all hands on deck” as the final touches are being made and the horses and riders are arriving at the Kentucky Horse Park for what has become a celebrated annual event – the Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North. And for the 2011 competition, there [...]

27 July 2011 With one year to go until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, preparations are on track and London’s vision to host a Games that inspires the world is set to become reality. The Games next year will mark the end of a decade-long project, after London won the bid [...]

27 July 2011 The Alltech National Horse Show, 128th edition, announced today that Dr. and Mrs. Pearse Lyons have been named the Honorary Chairpersons for the inaugural event to be staged at the Alltech Arena at the world-renowned Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, site of last year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, from November [...]

27 July 2011 Pablo Barrios and G&C Quick Star won the Prix France Galop 1.50m speed class at the Global Champions Tour event in Chantilly, France. Photo © Cealy Tetley G&C Farm and rider Pablo Barrios have continued their summer tour with victory and strong performances at major CSI five star competitions across Europe, including [...]

26.7.2011 1° Maaike Ten Berg-Bijlsma NED Uncle Berry 0/0 37,78 2° Wassim Anzarouti SYR Cyber Boy 0/0 40,56 3° Kirsten Rikkert NED Winde 0/0 40,75 4° Stephanie van den Brink NED Wapper 0/4 40,33 5° Hans van der Kolk NED Ulady 0/7 49,78 6° Bert Jan Zuidema NED UB 40 0/8 38,81 7° Remco Been [...]

26 July 2011 The FEI European Pony Championships are starting today in Jaszkowo, Poland and will last until 31st July. Measuring, horse inspection, meeting with chefs d’equipe and eventing cross country inspection are scheduled for the first day. The opening ceremony commences at 7 pm tonight. The following nations have sent their pony riders to [...]

26 July 2011 The eyes of the world will be focused on the World Dressage Masters event taking place in Hickstead from 25 to 31 July 2011, where some of the world’s most talented dressage horses will compete. The showgrounds in Hickstead are still owned by the legendary Bunn family. The WDM show is organized by Dressage at [...]

26 July 2011 British Eventing’s Young Rider selectors have now selected the twelve riders to represent Britain at this year’s Young Rider European Championships. This year, the British Young Rider squad will be defending their sixth successive team gold medal* on home turf at Blair Castle Horse Trials (Perthshire, 18-21 August 2011). The squad of [...]

26 July 2011 The German young eventing riders continued their top form at the CIC** Hünxe, Germany, which was the last sighting for the European Championships Young Riders in Blair Castle, Scotland taking place from 18 to 21 August 2011. Six horse/rider combinations are going to participate in Blair Castle: Jana Weyers (third at German [...]

26 July 2011 Last Sunday, 20-year-old Patrick Conrad claimed victory of the most challenging jumping competition (1,45 m) of the European Youngster Cup in Gera, Germany aboard his 11-year-old Dutch gelding Triomf. He rode the fastest jump-off round in 43,93 seconds staying clear and, thus, managed to gain most of the precious points of the [...]

26 July 2011 Three out of the team of horses selected for the 2011 European Championships Eventing team are British Bred.  The strength and depth of the efforts made by British breeders are beginning to consistently reap rewards for the profile of British breeding.  Nor is this a one off.  Three of the four horses [...]

26 July 2011 The following drivers have been selected by the German Olympic Committee for Equitation (DOKR) to represent Germany at the World Championship Pairs Driving in Conty, France to be held from 24 to 28 August 2011. The names are: Team: Carola Diener Sebastian Warneck and Reinhard Burggraf Reserve driver for the team: Arndt [...]

26.7.2011 23.000.-€ Rider Horse 1 ALFONSO ANTONIO ITA Snai Boa Vista 2 CHIAUDANI NATALE ITA Snai Corradio – O.H. 3 LUPIS FILIPPO ITA Quattro 4 FRANCIA FEDERICO ITA Waldrick 5 VELIS ALFIO ALBERTO ITA Tycho 6 GAROFALO ANTONIO MARIA ITA Onnyl des Seruois 7 GAROFALO GIAMPIERO ITA Lucio 8 MARZIANI LUCA ITA CHARMING CHOCO SCN [...]

26 July 2011 The Dutch jumping horse Taloubet Z is on top of the FEI WBFSH rankings. The 11 year old stallion bred by Galoubet is competed by Christian Ahlmann. Hickstead, the 15 year old stallion by Hamlet is with his rider Eric Lamaze very succesfull and is second in the ranking. Dutch Jeroen Dubbeldam [...]

26 July 2011 During the European Championships in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) next month, the organization has done everything to make sure there will be only healthy horses present at this championship. There is a FEI veterinarian committee that makes sure all horses are checked when they arrive at the show. The passports are checked, the [...]

26 July 2011 © ESI Photography. Kevin Babington and Mark Q on course in the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health. Irish Olympian Kevin Babington of Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania and his own Mark Q are on a roll – winning their second Pfizer Million qualifier of the season. At HITS Culpeper, Babington [...]

26 July 2011 The Alltech National Horse Show, 128th edition, announced today that the show’s official new website is up and running at: http://www.nhs2011.org . The site will be a one-stop source for all of the news and vital up-to-date information relating to this year’s exciting debut in Lexington, Kentucky. The Alltech National Horse Show [...]

26 July 2011 Photo Credit: Hunt Tosh and Lone Star won the 2010 $100,000 Chronicle of the Horse/USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals. Photo By: Rebecca Walton/PMG. The 2011 Kentucky Summer Horse Shows will begin this Wednesday and run for two weeks, followed by the USEF Pony Finals, the Bluegrass Festival Classic, and the KHJA Horse [...]

25 July 2011 New Champions: Donauflamme and Herbstkönig at Trakehner Federal Show -  Photo by Stefan Lafrentz The new Trakehner champions have been named, the gold coloured ribbons and sashes have been distributed and, with the championship presentations, the 7th Trakehner Federal Show has come to an end. It’s an event that can make show [...]

25 July 2011 Australian Edwina Alexander could repeat her success of Cannes and won again with her 15-year-old Itot du Chateau the Global Champions Tour competition. Runner-up was Luciana Diniz on Lennox who rides for Portugal. Diniz has two world class horses at her disposal: Winnig Mood and Lennox. Diniz and her top mounts definitely [...]

25 July 2011 On 24 July, the legendary Hans Günter Winkler (nickname HGW) celebrated his 85th birthday. The idol of German show jumping is always remembered by the equestrian world due to his legendary ride with his four-legged partner Halla during the Olympic Equestrian Games in Stockholm on 17 June 1956. Winkler had sustained a [...]

25 July 2011 Even mother nature took a break to catch this afternoon’s exciting Grand Prix at Horse Shows by the Bay, holding off on a rain shower until just after winner Wilhelm Genn’s victory gallop. The $30,000 Grand Prix of the Great Lakes was held today in beautiful Traverse City, MI, the third Open [...]

25 July 2011 British show jumper Robert Smith claimed victory of the Grand Prix in Ascona yesterday riding his 11-year-old stallion Talan (Concorde x Burgraaf). The pair stayed double clear and finished the second round in 45.05 seconds. Robert Smith won a Mercedes Benz worth 37.500 Swiss francs. Runner-up was Gregory Wathelet from Belgium with [...]

25.7.2011 24.07.2011 dotiert 25.000.- 1° Marion Hughes IRL Fortuna 0/0 43,75 2° Francisco Rocha POR Nanuk II du Ry 0/0 47,6 3° Graham Lovegrove GBR Tin Tin 0/0 48,21 4° Nicolas Paillot FRA Infinie Rivage 0/0 49,92 5° Luis Sabino Gonçalves POR Milton du Murier 1/0 54,36 6° Marina Soares da Costa POR Coltaire Z [...]

25 July 2011 Grand Prix Equidia Riders had the opportunity to compete in two excellent 5* Grand Prix’s over the weekend of the seventh round of the Global Champions Tour in Chantilly France. Australian Edwina Alexander with Itot de Chateau had won the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of France on the Saturday afternoon with [...]

25 July 2011 Prix Vicomte Arthur 1m45 Speed Class Mark McAuley and Kerball scored the win of the Prix Vicomte Arthur.  First out on course Mark set a very quick time that was unbeatable. The well-versed speed horse out-ran 8 other horses in the one round Table C stopping the clock at 64.93 to beat [...]

25 July 2011 Danielle Torano and Capitano won the $30,000 Otter Creek Grand Prix, presented by Devoucoux Saddles, on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at the Vermont Summer Festival (David Mullinix Photography). Danielle Torano of Ft. Lauderdale, FL and the amazing Capitano, owned by Sir Ruly, Inc., sped around the course to win the $30,000 Otter [...]

25 July 2011 Photo: Great Britain’s Lee Pearson / Photo: FEI Para-Equestrians bidding to compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games can now apply for funding as part of a brand new grant scheme to help with training expenses. Eurovestech plc, the pan-European development capital fund, has put up a €25,500 grant to support 15 [...]

25 July 2011 TRIUMPHANT GERMANS MAKE IT FIVE-TIME GOLD, HAT-TRICK FOR ROTHENBERGER Photo: German Young Riders Team German riders had it almost all their own way when claiming both the Young Rider and Junior team titles as well as three of the individual gold medals on offer at the FEI European Dressage Championships for Young [...]

25 July 2011 © ESI Photography. Margie Engle and Ashland Farms’ Lord Spezi on course in Friday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York. With competition taking place in 10 different show rings and more than 1,600 horses on the premises, the opening week of the HITS-on-the-Hudson [...]

25 July 2011 Photo: Helen Langehanenberg and Cote d’Azur Cote d’Azur is seven years old and can sometimes surprise her rider. “I’m really impressed at how well she does this. We’ve entered five S dressage competitions and she’s won three of them with scores over 70%.” Helen Langehanenberg also won the dressage Cl. S – [...]

25 July 2011 Kyle King of Ocala, FL, and Ashley Jerome of Calgary, AB, tied to win the $25,000 Full Meal Deal Grand Prix held July 17 during the Mid Summer Classic II produced by Rocky Mountain Show Jumping at Anderson Ranch in Calgary, AB. Run in a unique format, the $25,000 Full Meal Deal [...]

25 July 2011 © ESI Photography. Kevin Babington and Mark Q on course in the $40,000 Strongid C 2X Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health. Rave reviews for new Grand Prix footing, riders use Culpeper as their stepping-stone to qualify for the Pfizer Million and Diamond Mills Hunter Prix Final, while sponsors Pfizer Animal [...]

25 July 2011 The FEI Nations Cup™ of Great Britain on Friday 29 July forms one of the highlights of the Longines Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead, and it is set to form a crucial stage in our preparations for London 2012. The British riders who have been selected to represent their country at [...]

25 July 2011 TRAKEHNER ASSOCIATION – Intense Activity on all of the Four Competition Rings – Trakehner Federal Show Photo: Elisabeth Wiltafsky on Herbstkönig Hanover – The dressage ring was deeply surrounded at Hanover’s riding stadium and the event creating so much interest was not even one year of age: for the first time the [...]

25 July 2011 Lisa Goldman and Morocco with Tom Blankenship and Mary Goldman Lisa Goldman and Morocco Speed to Victory in the $15,000 Circle City Equestrian Welcome Stake and Tammy Provost and Andante Are Victorious in the Pre-Green Hunters The Circle City Equestrian Horse Show, which runs through July 24, hosted the $15,000 Welcome Stake [...]

7 Int. Dressage Competition Individual Championship Juniors Freestyle Pl. Horse Rider Points 1. Millibar Nanna Skodborg Merrald DEN 76.700 2. Laetitian R. Pia-Katharina Voigtländer GER 76.575 3. Capriciella Anna Zibrandtsen DEN 76.125 4. Cipollini 3 Vivien Niemann GER 73.925 5. Winston Stephanie Kooijman NED 73.625 6. Fleurie Antoinette te Riele NED 72.700 7. Mdh Ohio [...]

6 Int. Jumping Competition 1,50m with jump-off – Grand Prix Equidia Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. AD Wilbert Z Alvaro de Miranda 0/0 37.37 2. Ornella Mail Patrice Delaveau 0/0 37.47 3. Night Train Denis Lynch 0/0 38.70 4. Watch-Me van het Grootveld Jaime Guerra 0/0 38.79 5. Eurocommerce Seattle Gerco Schröder 0/0 40.14 [...]

09 Int. Jumping Comp. Two different rounds against the clock 1.45m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Heritage HHS Fortuna Marion Hughes (IRL) 0/0 43.75 2. CS Morgado Reg Nanuk II do Ry Francisco Rocha (POR) 0/0 47.60 3. Tin Tin Graham Lovegrove (GBR) 0/0 48.21 4. Infinie Rivage Nicolas Paillot (FRA) 0/0 49.92 5. [...]

15 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.55m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Talan Smith, Robert (GBR) 0/0 45.05 2. Copin van de Broy Wathelet, Gregory (BEL) 0/0 47.94 3. Clipmyhorse Cash And Go Wettstein, Simone (SUI) 0/1 49.59 4. Verdi III Schwizer, Pius (SUI) 0/4 43.61 5. Principal 12 Fuchs, Martin (SUI) 0/4 45.56 6. Embassy [...]

10 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.50m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. H&M Reveur de Hurtebise Baryard-Johnsson, Malin (SWE) 0/0 35.29 2. Loxy de la Reselle CH Ott, Andreas (SUI) 0/0 37.06 3. Embassy II Dreher, Hans-Dieter (GER) 0/0 37.50 4. Clipmyhorse Cash And Go Wettstein, Simone (SUI) 0/0 38.08 5. Cascavelle NT Nagel-Tornau, Sarah (GER) [...]

24 July 2011 During the Global Champions Tour in Chantilly (France) four female riders have earned € 200.000. For the second time this season Australian Edwina Alexander won the Grand Prix. Six combinations were clear in the first round, three were double clear: Edwina Alexander with Cevo Itot du Château, Luciana Diniz from Portugal with Lennox [...]

24 July 2011 Edwina Alexander scored her second biggest win this season matching her Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Cannes success. She likes France and so too does her French bred trusted partner Itot de Chateau. Of the eighteen riders who went to the second round, nine jumped clear of which only three were [...]

24 July 2011 Prix Domaine de Chantilly – Special Two Phases Thirteen combinations of the forty-four starters faced the second phase in the Prix Domain de Chantilly 1.45m with the French riders showing the field how to tackle a course in the wet conditions. The special two phase class allowed all riders to compete in [...]

24 July 2011 In August the European championships dressage will take place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. For the nations cup 17 countries have entered their team: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, Ireland en The Netherlands. Only Ireland’s team has only three members, the rest has four [...]

24 July 2011 Margie Engle and Ashland Farms’ Lord Spezi on course in Friday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, NY (ESI Photography). With competition taking place in 10 different show rings and more than 1,600 horses on the premises, the opening week of the HITS-on-the-Hudson summer series [...]

24 July 2011 From the left: Cathrine Dufour, Sanneke Rothenberger and Carina Nevermann Torup / Photo: European-Broholm Germany was sublime and once again won the gold medals today. For the Danish Young Riders it was a day of success when they secured themselves both the silver and bronze medals at the ECCO FEI European Dressage [...]

24 July 2011 Qualifying has concluded, entries are in, and teams throughout the country are preparing for the upcoming 2011 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North, to be held July 25 – 31, 2011 in Lexington, KY. A complete team of Juniors and Young Riders, for a total [...]

24 July 2011 After a brief bone-chilling downpour early this morning at the Event at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana, the competition heated up on the first day of competition for the CIC3*, CCI2*, CIC2*, Advanced, Intermediate, a few Preliminary divisions, and the Training Three-Day. The chilly temperatures today made for some fresh horses, many [...]

24 July 2011 Caitlin Ziegler won her first competition in Chantilly, France, by claiming victory in the €2,500 Prix Sports Equestres held Friday, July 22. Caitlin Ziegler, 16, won the 1.35m Prix Sports Equestres riding Butragenia for Artisan Farms LLC on Friday, July 22, in Chantilly, France (Photo: Sportfot). The 16-year-old from Mequon, WI, won [...]